ProAction Athletics Boot Camp For WomenSarah McClendon is inspiring, energetic and so encouraging. There's very few people that can get me up at 6 a.m. to run the stairs at the Rose Garden ten times! — Shalini Eddens

Best Fitness Instructor
Andreina FebresAlways high-energy and welcoming to all levels, Andreina is a fabulous Zumba instructor. She's so upbeat and encouraging, which makes you want to try your hardest. Her class is challenging and fun; a great workout that leaves you smiling. — Tandeeka Torrence-Kennedy

Tanya at World Dance Center in BerkeleyGet ready to move to the hottest workout in the Bay Area! Tanya is having a party every time she teaches her Zumba class. You watch her doing her athletic and sexy movements and get motivated to work out together with her. — Kirstin

Best Martial Arts Studio
SuigetsukanCollectively run nonprofit, 100-percent sliding scale. Home of Girl Army and kids classes that are NOT based on punishment. Instructors support efforts in schools (sex ed, consent, and self defense), work with visually impared and more. Macho behavior is not tolerated. — Gopal Dayaneni

Best Options at a Gym
Go outside.Gyms suck. Go get sweaty in the nature, for free. — popijininsky

YMCAI LOVE the Y! You get a real community feel here. It's not a meat market! I get a full gym, yoga, pilates, spin, boot camp, and swimming. This place has it all! — Bianca Pardini

Best Park
Claremont Canyon / Strawberry Canyon trail systemWalk straight from residential streets up into some of the best views of the area, in just a thirty-minute (steep uphill) hike. Watch for owls, vultures, redtail hawks, deer, bunnies, banana slugs, and occasionally a mountain lion or coyote. Take your dog, off-leash, so she can nose around in the underbrush. Remind youself of how lucky you are to live in such a beautiful area. — popijininsky

Joaquin Miller ParkBest trails in the East Bay, picnic areas, an amphitheater, native plant nursery, and a dog run. It's a small park but it packs in the features. — Tom Holub

Knowland ParkHidden gem. It's a tragedy what Oakland is going to allow the Zoo to do, building a show-off office building right on top of the last pristine views and plant and animal communities in the west-facing hills. — Roy West

Point Isabel (Dog Park) in RichmondEvery dog owner knows this park. Not only does it give you and your dog a good workout to walk the trail but it is also beautiful to be right at the water and looking at the Golden Gate Bridge. — Kirstin

Redwood regional parkHikers, bikers, walkers, and dog owners dream. We all co-exist on the multi-use trails to soak in views of glorious trees and views of the bay. To get some hiking solitude on a single track trail, do the French trail. — Susan Lo

Best Pilates Studio
BePhysiqueSo skillful. Pain and stiffness went from an 8 to a 1 in a few sessions. And I don't look so much like an old pear any more! — andrea thach

Stable Core PilatesI'm so glad I discovered this studio! I love the small class sizes and the fact that the instructors take the time to really understand your needs and limitations. — Fanny Lee

Best Place for Water Sports
Oakland "Estuary"If you can get over the filth floating on the surface of the water ... you know, condoms, plastic bags, bottles ... that stuff. — Dana Bushouse

Best Place to Play Board Games
Games of Berkeley in BerkeleyComplete setup downstairs for gaming galore — Lucas Brandt

The HobnobFloor-to-ceiling bookshelf of board games, before or after a great locally sourced meal — Carol Lonergan

LanesplitterI never do it, but there's definitely some grown men playing Dungeons and Dragons whenever I go by. — Sam Khandaghabadi

Best Place to Run
Alameda Naval BaseAlmost no dogs, all flat, plenty of space. — Sam Khandaghabadi

Around Lake Merritt
On the pathway around Lake Merritt, Oakland— Florence Windfall

Mandela ParkwayWay less crowded than running around the lake! — Kiyomi Tanouye

Best Sports Team
A'sThis means "best" not in the sense of actually being good, right? — Ellen Cushing

A'sLosing is good for you. — Greg Keidan

The Berkeley RevolutionThe unicycle basketball national champions, often seen at Strawberry Creek Park in Berkeley, are headed off to Italy to compete in the world championships, July 23-27. — Tom Holub

Best Summer Camp
Camp Unalayee Wilderness Immersion.Two weeks in the outdoors hiking, cooking over fire (or small stove on backpack trips) drinking from springs, swimming in Alpine lakes. Unalayee has been preventing Nature Deficit Disorder for over 60 years — No Child Left Inside! http://unalayee-summer-camp.com/ — Seena Hawley

This Land Is Your Land/Sarah's ScienceMy child comes home tired, dirty and full of science knowledge! I won't send him to any other summer camp!! — Katherine Regalado

Best Yoga Studio
Flying YogaFlying Yoga is the last bastion of unpretentious yoga in the East Bay. The instructors here, led fearlessly by the inimitable Laura Camp, have a vibe that belongs in Oakland. They take you through classes that are heavy on strength, poise, and grace, laced with lessons in meditation and internal peace, and completely devoid of ostentation. The studio has the genius to also be your one-stop workout shop. You more of the bootcamp type? They've got those plus TRX classes. You the type who wants to dance your sweat up? They've got killer zumba teachers and all sorts of dance classes. All shapes, all ages, all types welcome — this is a true Oakland space. — Zoe Blasco

Groove YogaBest yoga studio EVERRRRR!!! You have none of that yogi exclusivity, "I'm here to compete with your ass"-type attitude that you get from some other studios. Great variety of teachers with different flows so you have options. 2 words: HEATED YOGA. 2 more words: HELLA CLEAN. 4 last words: I LOVE GROOVE YOGA. — Nikki Marucut

Best Yoga Teacher
Deborah SalibyI refuse to take yoga from any other teacher. She is strictly Iyengar. — Mary Jane Lawless

Leah Gillman from Barefoot Movement Yoga and YMCAAmazing instructor. I make sure I come to her class every week. She remembers everyone's name, pushes people to their limits, and is incredibly attentive, patient, and hands-on. She was born to do this. Nobody compares to her! — Bianca Pardini